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To ask the Scottish Government on what date it was provided with the regional labour market statistics for January to March 2017, which were published on 12 July 2017.
The Contractor, Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors’, has now advised us that they are unable to achieve the planned early opening date of December 2016. I provided a full statement to Parliament on this matter on 8 June 2016.
Indeed, although business tourism is by no means recession proof, aspects of it—in particular, conference organisers that deal with public sector organisations and various associations—have perhaps ridden out the recession better than some other areas of commercial activity.
Should an MRO provision be required, it is my strong view that it should be introduced at a later date, once there has been a full and proper consultation on the details and a full economic impact assessment, and once the Scottish pubs code adjudicator’s office has had time to establish itself.